of metal, sis feet off the concrete. >> by that time i was physically tired and mentally tired. i had to focus to make sure i had the shot. i took a lot of run-ups. >> he kept going, wait. he kept doing that over and over again. >> you have to be 100% committed. >> attempt after brutal attempt. and then finally danny pulls off the incredible back flip. >> it worked out, which is great, but even when you land it clean, you get stinging wrists and ankles. >> for danny, all of the pain and hard work is worth it. when industrial revolutions goes viral, it brings worldwide attention to trials bike riding and awes millions. >> most of us have day jobs. we're kind of envious of people

who get to go out there and try these amazing things. we just want to live vicariously through their experiences. >> it's aspirational. it's the reason why we dream so we can be like one of these guys. >> i feel very lucky to be in the position i am. i'm getting to ride my bike for a living. i hope to be able to do it for a number of years yet. life comes at us so fast sometimes it could be a freak explosion. >> it's a scene of devastation. it looks like something from a war zone.

>> a raging fire -- >> you hear people telling them not to jump, not to jump. >> or a very bad day at the big top. >> it was so loud in my head, like it felt like just a bomb went off. >> events that happen in the blink of an eye. >> he was trying to murder us. >> situations that can force people to make split-second decisions. >> if i had turned one second later, it would have ran me over. >> moments that can mean the difference between life and death. >> he body checked him. he went flying off the bicycle. >> and rides that can make your heart skip a speed. >> he went whoa. and i'm like, are you sure? >> monumental decisions that can make the jump from paralyzing fear.

>> i just said, you know what, i'm doing this. >> to the most triumphant moment of a lifetime. >> yeah! >> "caught on camera: in a split second." imagine a wall of water as tall as a nine-story building. careening towards you at breakneck speed. now imagine you're standing at the bottom of the wall on a surfboard. it's a life or death proposition. >> if you fall there, you're probably not coming home. >> a professional surfer and ocean explorer, garrett mcnamara, tackles the biggest and baddest waves the ocean has to offer. and it's the promise of a whopper that brings him, girlfriend nicole and the video crew to the coast of portugal in november of 2011.

what was once a completely individual sport has evolved over time. tow surfing, where one person on a jet ski pulls another on a surf board, allows surfers to catch waves that were before out of reach. they were simply too far to paddle out to. simply put, this raises the stakes and the danger level. >> surfing is such, i don't know, for lack of a better word, maybe a selfish sport. it's us with our surfboard catching our wave, not wanting anybody else on our wave. towing surfing, now you have a partner. so there's that relationship, and that all plays on every given moment. >> on this day, garrett is the designated tower. his friends, al and andrew, catch the majority of the waves while garrett never even intends to get on his board. >> they wanted to surf the left in front of the rocks, and i

didn't really want anything to do with that because, if you fall there, you're probably not coming home. so we go back out, and they're lying, garrett, you go. i'm like, no, i'm just driving you guys. come on, garrett, you go. >> with waves crashing all around him, it doesn't take much to convince this lifelong water adventurer, who's been surfing since the age of 11. >> okay, i'll take a wave. they start going out, and he started to try and turn for the first wave, and i'm like, no, number two, number two. so we go over the first wave, and there's this mountain coming at us. >> there isn't a moment to lose, and without hesitation, garrett makes the immediate decision to ride the wave. >> and he starts turning perfect to put me on it, and i'm going slow down because you've got to put the guy right in the right spot. >> strapped to his board, which has a camera mounted right on it, garrett gets ready to ride. >> when we're sitting out there and we're getting ready, i

always breathe. i breathe. i hyperventilate to oxygenate my blood, and then i calm myself down, slow my heart rate down. usually, i just blow right through it and just enjoy it. this one, i knew, if i made any mistakes, it would be my last. >> with his breath and body primed, garrett is towed into the wave. >> then it pulled me up. it was almost like slow motion. and even though i didn't realize it was going to be that big of a wave, something really felt different. >> to avoid getting eaten by this killer wave, garrett needs to carefully choose the exact moment to let go of the rope. >> at the last second, as long as possible i waited, because i'm always trying to get in the barrel. so i waited until the last second and then turned and went up to go get barreled, and it just kind of, this big mountain of whitewater came, and it was like, i don't know, something came from up top and just landed

right on my shoulders. right as i'm going down, this chop that's coming off the face are like moguls, like you're on a mountain of ice with moguls everywhere. it felt like a ton of bricks landed on me, and it kind of squashed me down. >> traveling at 70 miles an hour on his board with a wall of water coming down on him, this ride is touch and go. and just when it seems like it can't get any more treacherous. >> another mountain of whitewater came from behind, like a train just running me over. when that thing hit me, that's when i was really thinking, come on. stay on the board. stay on the board. and then it hit me again. and i was thinking, you've got to see yourself making it. know you're going to make it. think your way through it. and i was just thinking, make it, make it. >> garrett disappears inside the giant mountain of water. >> just kind of gently let me

down, tush, and i came out like, right on, that was good. i didn't get the rush. i was so hungry for the rush, i was like put me deeper on the next one. put me deeper on the next one. and he looked at me like this guy's crazy. >> one year earlier, garrett towed his girlfriend nicole macias into another big one in that very same spot. that moment was also caught on camera in november 2010. >> he said, you know, i don't know if you're going to get a wave. i'm just going to pull you up on the board. we're going to drive around, feel the board, make sure you feel comfortable. >> and as soon as she gets up, as big as they come was right there. it was like a 20-foot wave, not too big, but still. >> the second he pulls me up, it was literally maybe less than a second that i'm standing there, and this wave just pops out of nowhere. and he goes go! and i said, are you sure? and i like, i hesitated. if i would have maybe gone at

that point, i would have been able to come down on my own, but since i hesitated, i held on a little bit longer, and it was kind of like a sling shot. >> she lets go of the rope. she comes flying down, and then right at the bottom she fell off the board, and she's skipping like a little rag doll. >> nicole takes a beating. >> when i got to the bottom of the wave, i fell, and i skipped like a little rock like three times on the face of the wave. and the whole time, i'm like, eh, i'm fine. i'm just going to pop out the back. i didn't pop out the back. i went over the falls. and in the video you can see my little head and arms sticking out. so i eat it really bad. i got pounded. >> garrett has only seconds to rescue her. >> when i come out, i pretty much don't know where i'm at because i can't see the shore. i can't see the rocks. i don't see garrett anywhere. i don't see a ski. i don't hear a ski, nothing. >> but he is forced to leave her to avoid getting pummeled by another wave himself. >> so hi to go back and circle

around because you can't go in if you don't go in at the right time, you'll miss them. >> everybody's like, yeah, but eventually you'll make it to the beach. you won't. i've seen it suck people all the way down to the point before they're even able to come in, and it just takes you to the impact zone where you just get wave after wave. >> so she got pounded all on the beach. when she was real close to the beach, i'm like stand up! i hadn't gotten pounded there yet. so i didn't know how powerful this wave was. >> and then i made it, and i just let the whitewater take me, and i did like a little spin, and all the guys rush over, and garrett's just strolling nice and casually like it's no big deal, laughing and clapping. i'm just like dead. >> she's sitting there exhausted, and i go to hug her, and she just falls back. it was pretty ugly. >> it may have ended nicole's big wave career, but it only whetted garrett's appetite for more. >> a lot of people think i'm

crazy, and i think everybody's comfortable in different situations. like i'm very comfortable in the ocean. i feel that i belong out there, and i know what i'm doing, and i have a plan every time i go out there. >> there's something about him that i never worry about him when he's in the water, ever. even if he would have probably fallen on that wave, i would have known that he was going to be okay. he always is. >> garrett not only rode that wave, a world record breaker, but he's not finished yet. >> i don't ride horses, i don't jump out of airplanes, i don't even ride motorcycles, but we did find another wave that's a lot bigger, and we will be surfing it soon. >> coming up, a morning commuter train blows right past its stop and crashes into a barrier wall in one of the worst train wrecks ever.

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a busy commuter train careens out of control and slams into the station, and argentina's worst train accident in 40 years is all caught on a station security camera. on february 22nd, 2012, more than 800 passengers are aboard a commuter train in buenos aires, argentina. santiago gonzalez is in a rush to get to his construction job. the train, as usual, is packed. >> translator: it was a disaster. very crowded. >> sitting next to santiago is his younger brother. >> translator: we were together talking a bit. he told me, my boss called me.

we need to get there. i said yes. we're almost there. >> but the train doesn't stop where it's supposed to, at the platform. instead, it blows right past the end of the line and slams into a barrier wall. >> translator: and that's it. there was an explosion, and i lost consciousness. >> dr. alberto crescente, the director of argentina's emergency medical system, is one of the first responders on the scene. >> translator: we receive a message from headquarters. a radio operator and supervisor told us that a train had crashed at once station with a fire and people trapped inside. >> dr. crescente and his team arrive at the station within ten minutes. >> translator: we didn't know

yet, but we were estimating the number. once the people arrived at the steps of once, then we realized it was a major problem. >> with more than 30 years of experience in medical emergencies, dr. crescente is trained in triage, determining priorities in crisis situations. >> translator: the idea is to quickly make a mental list of the things we are going to encounter. run through your mind. it's important not to be guided by your emotions. it's impossible to do if you're guided by your emotions. >> the impact leaves the first three carriages crushed like anchored ian accordion. the impact pulls some passengers apart and compress some passengers together. >> there were people already

dead, and the living were in pain. we had, along with the firefighters and the rest of the team, to provide support and people that we would get them out. >> the emergency team must now make life or death decisions. >> translator: you have to decide. it's tough, but you have to decide. because you could make the mistake of focusing on a patient who is practically dying and let another patient die who could have been saved. >> the doctor and the other first responders quickly survey the scene. >> the only thing we could see were faces staring at us. i had 140 faces staring at me, just the faces. >> and so begins the work of extricating the living and the dying. >> translator: the fire chief asked me to get hevaseline from

the hospital near where we were. >> the vaseline was used to ease people apart so they can be pulled from the wreckage. >> translator: they did it with the first ones that were most compressed. when they unstuck the first ones, they were able to take out the rest from the sides and the roof. >> the team spends 2 1/2 hours triaging hundreds of victims. >> translator: they determine how many ambulances, how many beds, how many boards, the order of care. you can't think about what you're seeing because you won't be able to make the right decisions. you can't go back. >> santiago doesn't remember being rescued from the train. >> translator: i woke up at the hospital. i didn't remember anything. the doctor asked me, do you know where you are? i said, no.

you are in the hospital. i couldn't believe it because this is bad. >> due to his memory loss, it takes santiago a week to realize the enormity of his personal situation. >> translator: they told me that my brother had died. i thought he was still working. still now, i can't believe it. >> even professionals experienced in disaster management are shaken to the core. >> translator: a lot of us, myself included, couldn't sleep for five or six days after. the adrenaline is so strong that you cannot sleep for weeks. you see the images flying around in your head. >> there are 51 fatalities and more than 700 injured. though the driver of the train has blamed faulty brakes, the cause of the crash is still under investigation.

>> translator: when i see the news, i'm not well. my head hurts. i can't sleep. i am overwhelmed. i think a lot about my brother. >> translator: there are dead people, so we are sad, and we give our condolences to the family members. so when they ask, was the operation successful? gentlemen, there are deceased. it is finished. >> coming up -- a fire raging out of control forces a man and a woman to make a desperate decision. >> you hear people telling them not to jump, not to jump. >> come on! >> when "caught on camera:in a split second" continues. just bn with america's favorite soups.

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second floor balcony to the horror of eyewitnesses. while a fire in a small suburban row house goes boom. both dramatic incidents are caught on camera. december 20th, 2011, a fast burning fire rages in a home in downtown detroit. >> this was a story we first brought you last night. it was breaking at 11:00. two people had to jump to safety to make it out of their burning home alive. >> detroit firefighter michael joiner is one of the first responders at the scene. >> got a call to a dwelling fire. it was on helen street, which is on the east side of detroit. it appeared that someone had fire bombed the structure. >> from the outside, it looks like the fire is raging out of control. it's actually contained to the front of the house.

but the two clearly terrified residents, a man and a woman, are so panicked they may not realize it. >> when they threw the fire bomb, it appeared that it broke on the porch, and whatever type of accelerant they had ignited and created a lot of flame, a lot of smoke. the porch was on fire, but it never extended into the actual dwelling. >> onlookers screamed for the residents to wait for the fire department, but the man and woman make a split second decision to jump. the man goes first. >> baby, come on. >> he lands without major injury. seconds later, the woman tumbles out. >> ow! >> she's not as lucky. she's taken to the hospital where she's treated for broken bones. the lesson to be learned here, with nearly 3,000 americans killed in house fires every year, it's critical to be

prepared. >> have a plan where you have a means of egress and your family can meet so no one runs back into a dwelling and everyone's out and you don't know they're out. don't wait until you're in that situation and try to navigate it because you just don't think like that. >> across the atlantic, firefighters in west yorkshire, england, think they have the fire contained, but seconds after they clear the building -- [ explosion ] a massive explosion engufls tlf house in flames, and it's captured on city security cameras. >> the effect of the explosion is just like a bomb. >> retired fire investigator chris clark is called to the scene after the fire is extinguish extinguished. he quickly discovers the chain of events that led to the blowout. >> on the night of the incident, the second house up was the house where the first fire engine attended.

what was called to the fire service was a gas meter on fire. we could see there had been some electrical activity in and around the corrugated steel supply cable to the gas meter. and if we look closely at this particular one, you can see the small holes in the tube where the electrical overcurrent has melted the tubing and allowed the gas to escape. >> the holes are caused by electric current passing through the stainless steel tube, which has a very high resistance and acted like an electrical fuse, basically melting. two houses next door to each other, both with gas meters on fire, unusual circumstances, to be sure. but from there, it gets even more unusual from a fire investigator's point of view. >> the fires developed in such a way that the two small fires have developed, and within a few

minutes, the third house up, the door is slightly open. all of a sudden, you can see the front door slam into the door frame. this all happens in less than a second. >> out of nowhere, this third house that seemingly has nothing to do with the first two fires, explodes. clark's investigation reveals the explosion is caused by a backdraft. >> so within a split second, the door slammed, and the window on the second floor started to blow out of its frame. glass and debris flying across the street followed by a big flame thrower. >> no firefighters or residents are injured. once the fires are out, investigator clark says the

backdraft was caused by a growing criminal enterprise. cop copper wire theft. >> it falls into the hands by overhead complications. they were mounted on wooden poles. what we believe has happened. somebody stood on the top with a big pair of wire croppers, cropped the wire at this point here, and then it flicked back down the street. >> copper wire theft is a massive problem worldwide. in the uk alone, nearly $1 billion worth of copper wire is stolen every year from basements and rooftops and sold for profit. in this case, the way the thief cut the cable causes the gas leak. the gas then mixes with air, and the result is an explosive combination that blows the roof right off the house. a backdraft.

and the caught on camera moment chris clark will never forget. >> it's certainly not a normal incident. there are a number of factors that suggest that something unusual is going on. firefighters generally see the aftermath of the explosion. it's very, very rare that firefighters are at the scene when the explosion occurs and even rarer to catch that on video. >> coming up, a heart-stopping moment when an experienced motor cross rider plummets 30 feet to the ground in a midair freefall freak accident. >> ladies and gentlemen, this is not part of the performance. >> when "caught on camera" continues. ♪

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two firefighters were killed and two others are recovering from serious burns after a fire from an unoccupied knights of

columbus hall in bryan, texas, about 90 miles northwest of houston. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. thousands rallied on the national mall today, hoping to put pressure on president obama about climate change. organizers billed it as the largest climate rally ever. more news later. back to "caught on camera." at a circus in michigan, a freestyle motorcycle rider gets in a devastating midair accident, and it's all caught on camera by stunned spectators. february 5th, 2012, the ninth and final show of the shrine circus in saginaw, michigan. what should be a usual ride for josh hefner is not. josh has experience with massive jumps and even greater risk.

but the final act will end before it has a chance to even take off. >> it was one of the last acts because it's the most dangerous. it's the most -- we're jumping metal to metal to tigers and horses on the landing side. it was one of the sketchier set-ups i've ever jumped to. like i was ready to do it. >> although he's done this show eight times before, this time josh doesn't have the chance to do a final check of the setup. >> i wasn't going to have no problems with it at all. like i could adjust and do it fine. but there's a happy medium on how stuff needs to be, especially in our sport, because i've had buddies die just on regular setups just out of nowhere. >> as josh readies for his opening jump, the master of ceremonies gets the crowd pumped up. >> ladies and gentlemen.

>> it's supposed to just be a show, put on a show for the crowd, pray everything goes good and nothing bad happens. >> but something bad does happen. a large black cable hangs from the ceiling. it's not supposed to be there, and it's in the direct path of josh's motorcycle. >> as soon as like i went to go jump through the bars, i see the cable, and as soon as i jump, i went off, and like it just is there, like in my sight, like it was like it looked like a big line. and i was like -- i didn't know if it was going to like cut me in half or what was going to happen. >> in midair, josh has no time to react. >> i was just like in shock that there was a cable there looking at me. i didn't know if i was going to hit it or not, and then like i hit it, but i felt like it hit the bike because just the way i flips over it was just weird. it was crazy. >> also there for the final performance, al bassner, aka,

yum-yum the clown. he's the grand potentate of the shriners group representing mid-michigan. >> i sensed something, caught something out of the corner of my eye, knew that it was not a good thing. >> in the front row, al immediately knows the jump has gone horribly wrong. >> i saw him when he hit the wire. that was it. >> for josh, the terrifying midair moment seems to take much, much longer. >> when i hit the cable to the point i hit the ground, it felt like it took about 20 seconds. it was because everything went in slow motion. i thought i was going to die, you know. >> another spectator captures the moment of impact. >> it was like dead silence at the time. i was going through the air, and i hit that cable. when i hit that, it felt like i had gotten hit in the head with like a truck or something because it was so loud in my head, like it felt like just a bomb went off.

and then i just -- after that, it just zoned out and was like, here we go. i'm going. >> josh plummets 30 feet from midair and smacks the ground. moments later, the emcee makes a stunning announcement. >> i need a doctor immediately. this is not part of the performance. >> al bassner is not a doctor, but he is a veteran of both the vietnam and gulf wars, and he recognizes danger when he sees it. the cable is still swinging, and he jumps in front of it, taking the full force of the rebounding wire to the face. >> i remember being hit with it. after that, i don't remember anything until emergency people were around me asking how i was. >> doctors later tell him that, if the wire had hit him a few inches lower, it could have killed him. >> the side of my face by the corner of my eye right here is still very sensitive. it looked like i'd gone 12

rounds with a professional fighter. >> josh's injuries are far worse than al's. >> when i hit the ground, i was like opened my eyes and wasn't knocked out. i kind of knew my femur was broke and my arm was messed up, but i didn't know my elbow was actually split wide open, like it busted right in half. there are two bones in my forearm were fractured prettied goo. my wrist was fractured. my shoulder blade, scapula is fractured. there's like internal damage. but luckily, it's just mostly fractures, you know. >> multiple surgeries and several months later, josh is on the mend. >> i ended up getting some pins in my elbow, i think, to hold my elbow cap thing together. and then i got a rod up in my femur about like six screws and some wire holding that together. that's all drilled up into the hip bone all the way up into the socket just about. >> still his recovery isn't as

fast as he'd like it to be. >> they say i won't ride for six months, and it's like, come on. it just depends on how strong i can get in that time and rebuild stuff. >> josh isn't the only one ready to get back into the ring. despite yum-yum the clown's injuries, he's not ready to retire the red nose just yet. >> i'm going to be around for a while. i'm going to plan on doing this as much as i can. and as long as the good lord is willing to let me do it, i'll be doing it. coming up, a peaceful bike ride is shattered when an enraged driver rams his car into a crowd of cyclists. >> it wasn't an accident. it was a crime. he was trying to murder -- to murder us. [ female announcer ] today, jason is here

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a peaceful bike ride is violently disrupted, and it's all caught on camera by one of the stunned riders. february 9th, 2011, a friday night in puerto dellegre, brazil. bike riders are taking part in critical mass, an event with a single purpose, to promote bicycling as an alternative to driving. in countries around the world, bicyclists get together once a month for solidarity. >> bikers fight the power all the way down. >> most critical mass rides are peaceful, not this one. livia and elton are two of the riders. >> i go to the march every day -- every month.

so it was a normal critical mass for me. it was a rainy day. we were expecting mobs of people. >> translator: what is important is going there, contributing. to make the program more popular with the people. >> the event takes on even more significance in congested urban areas, where conflict and competition between bikes and cars can put people on edge. livia says brazil is particularly prone to this situation. >> our streets, bridges, highways, everything is spent thinking about the car. drivers, for example, they don't move because there are lots of cars. >> that evening finds the roads heavily congested. tensions are building between drivers and riders. >> translator: at a certain point when i was behind the

people, i noticed an argument between riders and driver of a black car. >> and that argument is about to boil over. >> translator: i look back, and i saw some cyclists making gestures towards the motorist. when i looked back again, the car was already coming, accelerating, and i thought, oh, no, it's coming. that's what i thought. it's coming. but we didn't think that someone is going to accelerate their car on purpose to run us over. >> in a split second, the peaceful ride turns bloody when the enraged driver plows his car into the crowd of cyclists. a fellow rider captures the heart-stopping moment on camera. elton is among several cyclists hit. >> translator: and before i was able to look back again, the car collided with the back of my bicycle at the beginning of its acceleration. so it didn't hit me with all its force, but the bike and i were thrown in the air, and i fell to the ground.

i was left terrified from what happened, from seeing people lying on the ground. the sound of crying. the other cyclists that weren't run over trying to help those that were run over. some that were even unconscious on the ground. there were bloodstains on the ground. >> fellow riders tend to those who have been struck, and ambulances arrive within minutes. in the end, 17 riders are hurt. there are no fatalities. >> i am always surprised to know that nobody died because this called accident. it wasn't an accident. it was a crime. he was trying to murder -- to murder us. >> after fleeing the scene, the driver checks himself into a psychiatric clinic, where he is later arrested.

he claims he mowed down the cyclists in self-defense. he's still awaiting trial, leaving the riders in puerto allegre to wait for some form of closure. >> it's difficult for me to remember this because it was simply the worst thing i have ever saw in terms of violence. >> you do see aggressive motorists sometimes, and it's sad that that happens, but usually, when you see that, it means that the city needs the critical mass. >> bill depaula of times up new york has spent years trying to increase awareness and push the benefits of bikes. >> you're in a car, and you're very isolated, and you don't realize, hey, that person's on a bicycle or walking across the street. you almost have this huge weapon. and then there's the bike culture, which is completely different, where you smell the trees. you feel like the bumps.

>> but not everyone is on board with the critical mass philosophy. critics accuse the group of intentionally trying to obstruct traffic, and in new york city, riders have had high profile confrontations with the nypd, two of which were caught on camera, the first was captured by a critical mass rider in 2007. the second in 2008. filmed by a tourist in times square and given to a critical mass representative shows rookie officer patrick hogan shoving cyclist christopher long off his bike. the officer was later convicted of submitting a false report in connection with his arrest of long and removed from the force. >> with one incident, the christopher long incident, that happened in the middle of times square, what a location for that incident to happen because it could go viral, which it did. a rookie police officer came out of nowhere. we were just riding our bikes through times square like we've done all the time. he body checked him. he went flying off his bicycle.

part of the success of the biking story and the critical mass was this city was doing a lot of stuff, the police, to stop it. so to capture it on videotape was very embarrassing for the city. depaula credits these videos for changing the culture of the city. the city, however, credits its 2007 agenda calls planyc for creating 280 miles of bike lanes in new york city. whoever's responsible, the bikers are happy campers. >> we can turn it around and make it cool to care or cool to ride a bike, and that's what we've been doing. now you can see the change on those streets. you see the bike lanes, the bridge access, the bike parking, the auto free plazas. times if you stay with it. >> coming up -- from terrified to triumphant, one girl's journey down the

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>> on top of a 40-foot ski jump for the very first time, in a split second a 10-year-old goes from scared little girl. >> my ski is slipping off. >> to mountain conquerer. >> here i go. >> and it's all caught on her own helmet camera. >> yeah! >> ski jumping is the sport of throwing yourself head first down a mountain at 60 miles an hour to see how far you can fly. when the sport became an official olympic event in 1924 only men were permitted to compete. for decades women clambered for their right.

they finally got it in 2011. >> women ski jumpers got the news they have been hoping for as the international olympic committee announced it will include women's ski jumping in the 2014 games in russia. >> for members of the u.s. women's team who campaigned long and hard for this to happen, the announcement itself is practically a gold medal. >> it was a team effort. even though it's an individual sport, accomplishing something as a team is something cool. >> jessica jerome is america's top rank ski jumper. >> i started when i was 7. i took my first jumping on the 5 meter. now i compete on the 90 meter. i don't remember what my first jump was like. but i remember every time i would move up to be a bigger hill being terrified. >> this is the first time we can call ourselves olympic hopefuls and mean it. >> teammate abbie hughes had only dreamed of the olympics. >> it's a goal i have had since

i started jumping. when i was younger i always looked up to the boys. i never had any girls to look up to. >> but now as an official olympic sport, young girls do this role models. this 10-year-old grew up skiing the same mountain as her idols at the olympic park in park city, utah. >> they've inspired me by being women and ski jumping. and they also inspire me because they got into it into the olympics. >> on march 11, 2012, zia, who up to this point only jumped 20, wants to jump the 40-foot ski jump. >> probably around like 3:00 they had to go back to school. i was like, you ready to jump to the 40? she was really into it. she wanted to jump it. >> i asked him a few questions, and he gave me the straight answer. >> do you go faster on the end run? >> a little bit. >> a little bit? is it any steeper? not much?

>> same steepness, just longer. >> just longer. just a bigger 20, that's all. >> i was just trying to keep her calm. just saying that she could do it. and she can. she jumped the 20 meter fine. the 40 meter, if you do the same thing, you'll be fine on the 40 meter. i was trying to talk her through it. >> she's in position. but it's an uphill battle for this downhill skee jumper -- ski jumper to let go. zia has to literally talk herself off the edge from fear to courage. >> here goes something, i guess. you can do this. i'm gonna -- i'm gonna jump. i was worried that i was going to do something wrong, try to back out at the wrong moment. i was worrying about all the things that could go wrong. things that could go wrong in my clothes. >> in the spirit of the moment, however, zia's bravery takes over. >> i got it.

here i go. >> and then something in my brain just goes, and i'm like, wait, nothing is going to go wrong. i'm going to do this. yeah! yeah! >> that was awesome. that was definitely the best day as a coach. and after watching the video, you can tell how excited she was. >> the video of zia's jump resonates with more than a million youtube viewers. not to mention with fellow jumpers. future olympic hopefuls jessica and abbie. after all, it wasn't that long ago they were in the same spot themselves. >> not only is she showing the world what ski jumping is, but she's showing the world from her perspective.